Pencil-clip



G. S. ADOLFSON.

PENCIL CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 3, 1920.

1,365,439. Patented Jan. 1L 1921.

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Sum/Mov.

UNITED STA-TIES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE SEVERIN'ADOLFSON, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PENCIL-CLIP.

To all lwhom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. ADoLrsoN, a citizen of the United Statesresiding at Philadelphia, in the county of lhiladelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Pencil-Clip, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention aims to provide al pencil clip which may be fashionedcheaply out of a single piece of resilient material, the device being soconstructed that it will have a secure hold on a pencil, there being noexposed ends likely to catch in a garment pocket.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

Vith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes. in the precise embodiment of the inventionshown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings l Figure 1 shows in side elevation, adevice constructed in accordance with the invention, mounted on apencil; Fig. 2 is an.elevation wherein the device is viewed at rightangles to the showing of Fig. 1; F igz 3 1s a section on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1; Fig. 4 1s a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

The clip forming the subject matter oi this application is fashionedfrom a single strip of resilient material, preferably wire, fashionedinto a coil 1 comprising convolutions 2 and into a U-shaped tongue 3, eXtended longitudinally of the coil and projecting beyond one end of thecoil. The tongue 3 includes arms 4 and 5, the arm 4 having a li'ee end 6engaged beneath one terminal convolution 7 of the coil 1, the saidconvolution 7 having a free end 8 engaged beneath the next adjoiningconvolution 9. 'The other arm 5 of the tongue 3 is joined, as indicatedat 15 to the terminal convolution 10 and is extended, as indicated at14, beneath the remaining convolutions. At the place of juncture betweenthe arm 5 and the terminal convolution 10, there is formed a U-shapedlip 11, the same being inclined outwardly, as shown at 12.

A pencil, pen or the like, denoted by the Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 11, 1921.

3, 1920. Serial N0. 421,519.

numeral 20 may be thrust into the coil 1, the pencil or pen being heldin the coil owing to the resiliency of the coil. Since the lip 11 isoutwardly inclined, as shown at 12, the insertion of the pencil 2O intothe coil 2 is facilitated.

For the sake of resiliency, the tongue 3 is outwardly bowed, as at 16,adjacent to the terminal convolution 7, the tongue being inwardly bowed,as at 17, to bear against the pencil 20, or to bear against the garmentpocket when a portion of the pocket is inserted between the tongue andthe pencil. The extremity of the tongue 3 is outwardly inclined, as at18, to form a guiding throat 19, aiding in the insertion of the upperedge of the garment pocket between the tongue 3 and the pencil20.

It is to be observed that the free end 8 of the convolution 7 isdisposed at right angles to the said convolution, and is located 90degrees remote from the tongue 3. As a consequence, the free end 8 willbe out of the way when the tongue 3 is engaged with the edge ofthegarment. Especial attention is directed to the fact that the end 6 isengaged beneath the convolution 7, the end 8 being engaged beneath theconvolution 9. As a consequence, there are no loose, springing orswinging parts to catch on a arment pocket, when the pencil is thrustinto the pocket, or when the pencil is removed from the pocket.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A clip of theclass described, fashioned from a single strip of resilient materialformed into acoil comprising convolutions and into a U-shaped tongueincluding arms, one arm of the tongue having a free end engaged beneathone terminal convolution, said convolution having a free end engagedbeneath the next adjoining convolution, the other arm of the tonguebeing joined to the other terminal convolution and being extendedbeneath the remaining convolutions, there being an outwardly inclinedU-shaped lip at the place of juncture between the last specified arm andsaid other terminal convolution.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE SEVERIN ADOLFSON.

Witnesses Roni'. V. MYERS, Sr., S. DoMiNiox Piccolo.

